COMMON FACTORS INFLUENCE EFL INSTRUCTORS WHETHER OR NOT TO USE COOPERATIVE LEARNING IN THEIR CLASSES: A LITERATURE REVIEW
This article reviews the research literature on cooperative learning in English as foreign language in terms of the most common factors which influence EFL instructors (whether or not) to use Cooperative learning in their teaching practice. These factors often play negative or positive role due to instructors’ perception towards cooperative learning. In other words these factors can be viewed both as problems and successful factors according to the believe that held by the teacher’s mind. The purpose of this study is to correct the misconception of CL critiques who resist the shift from the traditional whole class method (lecture) to cooperative learning despite its scientific research base
Keywords: Cooperative Learning Students’ Achievement -English Language Proficiency